Tokyo Radiation Less Than Paris’s Three Years After Meltdown

Re:Tokyo Radiation Less Than Paris’s Three Years After Meltdown by adventured on Monday March 10, 2014 @08:36AM (#7372550)

Speaking of CT scans, found this an interesting read on the topic:

"We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer"

"While it is difficult to know how many cancers will result from medical imaging, a 2009 study from the National Cancer Institute estimates that CT scans conducted in 2007 will cause a projected 29,000 excess cancer cases and 14,500 excess deaths over the lifetime of those exposed."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/opinion/we-are-giving-ours...

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Re:Tokyo Radiation Less Than Paris’s Three Years After Meltdown by ekianjo on Monday March 10, 2014 @10:37AM (#7373109)

This article was heavily debated on HN. Needless to say, these numbers should be considered with a big fat grain of salt.

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